Overview

Explores the historical dimension of Indian indenture from within the lived experience of laborers, who emigrated to Fiji from colonial India a century ago. This book focuses on the situated discursive performativity of identities, and draws attention to the complex and at times conflicting positions within the life narratives.

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Author:   Farzana Gounder (International Pacific College)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   15
Weight:   0.790kg
ISBN:  

9789027226556

ISBN 10:   9027226555
Pages:   345
Publication Date:   21 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Shards of memories; 3. List of figures, maps, pictures, tables; 4. Gloss; 5. Chapter 1. Getting acquainted with the Girmityas; 6. Chapter 2. Gabriel Aiyappa's Girmit; 7. Chapter 3. Behind the scenes of Girmit Gatha; 8. Chapter 4. Transposing the oral into written; 9. Chapter 5. Ram Rattan Mishar's life narrative construction; 10. Chapter 6. Ram Rattan Mishar's identity and agency reconstructions; 11. Restorying Girmit; 12. Chapter 7. Guldhari Maharaj; 13. Chapter 8. Ram Sundar Maharaj; 14. Chapter 9. Jasoda Ramdin; 15. Chapter 10. Ram Dulhari; 16. Chapter 11. Ghori Gosai Part 1; 17. Chapter 12. Ghori Gosai Part 2; 18. Chapter 13. Constructing 'I' through the life narrative; 19. Chapter 14. Conclusions and beginnings; 20. References; 21. Index

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The strength of the book is in its elaborate articulation of its analytical framework, coupled with Gounder's admirably self-conscious awareness of her own positionings. The reader is provided with theoretically sound justification for the choice of analytical tools, and thus is also provided with a range of options when doing his or her own linguistic/narrative analysis in the future. Likewise, Gounder's exposition of the merging of otherwise disparate analytical processes is equally sound, while remaining remarkably lucid. -- T. Ruanni F. Tupas, National Institute of Education Singapore, in Journal of Sociolinguistics 17-2 (2013) pag. 264-266.

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